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    JAMES VALENTINE (1815-79)

    The Glassalt Shiel - The Dining Room

    c.1868

    Albumen print | 26.3 x 34.4 cm (page dimensions) | RCIN 2160430

    Photograph of an interior view of the dining room at Balmoral. There is a central table with four dining chairs in the middle ground and a fireplace in the background.

    • Creator(s)

      James Valentine (1815-79) (photographer)

    • 26.3 x 34.4 cm (page dimensions)

      11.1 x 16.4 cm (image)

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • Scotland
              • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                • Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
                  • Glas-allt-Shiel [Balmoral Estates]
                • Loch Muick [Scotland]
      • Science, Medicine and Technology
        • Home economics
          • The Home
            • Dining rooms
      Object type(s)
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            • photograph albums
          • photographs
        • printed & manuscript material
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